I know that it is still 12 days away, but somehow I am more excited for the Black Friday sales that are going to happen this year. I am thinking about splurging on an iPad myself. I was looking at Apps that I could download because I am definitely an Apple junkie. When I came across the the newest Angry Birds game, Angry Birds meets Star Wars I got really excited since, I am a Star Wars nerd and I am so excited that a Star Wars 7 movie is in the works. I hoped on my computer and opened CNN.com and you wouldn't believe what article I found. It was telling me all about the new Angry birds game and what special powers the birds will have, not to mention that the arena is called the "Pig Star". As my excitement wore off and I started writing my post, I thought to myself... it is really sad that I am more excited about the Angry Birds game and getting an iPad than I am to actually go home for Thanksgiving and see some of my family members that I haven't seen in forever.
I am a direct example to what de la Pena was talking about. People need their "fix" of energy. Mine energy a direct link to what I can purchase that will be so cool that my siblings will be jealous. I think that there is a fine line between a healthy relationship with technology and the path that I am headed on. De la Pena was very direct by saying that middle to upper class people felt tired and stress and needed an outlet to "fix" their issue. I know that I am tired and stressed and I know that my justification to why I need an iPad is so that I can do my work "on the go" instead of always needing my computer with me. That my friends is an unhealthy relationship with technology!
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/08/tech/gaming-gadgets/angry-birds-star-wars/index.html
I can relate to your situation. I actually just bought an iPad the other day as an early holiday gift just because I wanted to have it and not necessarily because I needed it. I already have a MacBook and iPhone, devices that are capable of doing the same if not more things than the iPad can. So why'd I buy it? Not because I desperately needed it. These technological gadgets are artifacts of material culture that exemplify the addition today's society has with technology. Maybe these devices revitalize us the way the electric belts of the early 20th century for men. Or so we think they do, when in reality, they decrease the vitality of our bank accounts.
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